Swapping tape cartridges in tape libraries

    公开(公告)号:US10228873B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15635947

    申请日:2017-06-28

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06 G11B15/675

    摘要: A method for swapping out tape cartridges in tape libraries is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes maintaining, in a tape library, old tape cartridges backing up data in a primary storage system. The method adds, to the tape library, new tape cartridges to replace the old tape cartridges. The method then initiates a data transfer process to move active data to the new tape cartridges. This data transfer process first moves active data in less frequently accessed storage elements, followed by active data in more frequently accessed storage elements. During the data transfer process, the method backs up updates to data in the primary storage system to the new tape cartridges. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.

    MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE AND HEAD TRACKING SERVO METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20180182431A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:US15854506

    申请日:2017-12-26

    IPC分类号: G11B15/675 G11B5/39 G11B5/708

    摘要: The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which the servo head is a TMR head, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, a binding agent, and fatty acid ester on the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer includes a servo pattern, full widths at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before and after performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape are greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between a spacing measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer after performing the vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 9.0 nm.

    MAGNETIC TAPE DEVICE AND MAGNETIC REPRODUCING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20180182430A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:US15854439

    申请日:2017-12-26

    IPC分类号: G11B15/675 G11B5/39 G11B5/708

    摘要: The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a reproducing head, in which the reproducing head is a TMR head, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder, a binding agent, and fatty acid ester on the non-magnetic support, a full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured by optical interferometry regarding a surface of the magnetic layer before performing a vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, a full width at half maximum of spacing distribution measured after performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 7.0 nm, and a difference between a spacing measured by optical interferometry regarding the surface of the magnetic layer after performing the vacuum heating with respect to the magnetic tape and a spacing measured before performing the vacuum heating is greater than 0 nm and equal to or smaller than 9.0 nm.

    MOVING CARTRIDGES WITHIN A SHUTTLE COMPLEX
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180144771A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-24

    申请号:US15358490

    申请日:2016-11-22

    IPC分类号: G11B15/68 G11B15/675 B65G1/04

    摘要: The present description is directed to moving a cartridge including a storage medium within a shuttle complex that includes numerous shuttle connections, and a plurality of library strings connected by at least one shuttle connection. Each shuttle connection has a car able to move within the shuttle connection and each library string has at least one cartridge including a storage medium. The shuttle complex identifies a library string that contains the access-cartridge (LSAC), identifies whether there is a drive within the LSAC that has a second cartridge mounted therein which comprises only inactive data chunks, removes the second cartridge from the drive within the LSAC if an elapsed time since the drive within the LSAC most recently accessed the second cartridge exceeds a predetermined time period threshold, and mounts the access-cartridge to the drive within the LSAC.

    Buckling mechanism for a tape drive loader
    5.
    发明授权
    Buckling mechanism for a tape drive loader 有权
    磁带机装载机的弯曲机构

    公开(公告)号:US09171566B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-27

    申请号:US14261238

    申请日:2014-04-24

    IPC分类号: G11B15/67 G11B15/675

    摘要: Embodiments include systems and methods for buckling in a loader assembly of a tape storage drive. Some implementations translate driving forces of an elevator of the loader assembly into driving forces that act on a pusher plate of a buckling mechanism in both buckling and unbuckling directions. For example, a plate interface can couple the pusher plate with the elevator in a manner that translates rotational motion of the elevator's drive gear into a lateral driving force that drives the pusher plate between its home and buckling positions. Certain implementations also include a home holding mechanism for removably securing the pusher plate in the home position when the elevator is in its unloaded position.

    摘要翻译: 实施例包括用于在磁带存储驱动器的加载器组件中弯曲的系统和方法。 一些实施方式将装载机组件的升降机的驱动力转换成在屈曲和解除牵引方向上作用于屈曲机构的推动板的驱动力。 例如,板接口可以将推动板与电梯连接起来,其方式是将电梯的驱动齿轮的旋转运动转换成驱动推动板在其起居位置和弯曲位置之间的横向驱动力。 某些实施方案还包括一个家用保持机构,用于当电梯处于其卸载位置时将推动板可拆卸地固定在原始位置。

    Retaining gate for deep storage slot retention of storage cartridges
    6.
    发明授权
    Retaining gate for deep storage slot retention of storage cartridges 失效
    存储墨盒的深存储槽保留用挡板

    公开(公告)号:US07843663B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-30

    申请号:US11674904

    申请日:2007-02-14

    IPC分类号: G11B15/675

    CPC分类号: G11B17/225

    摘要: A storage cartridge retention device employs a deep storage slot for storing one or more storage cartridge(s) through its front opening and biases the stored storage cartridge(s) in a direction of its front opening. The storage cartridge retention device further employs a retaining gate external to the deep storage slot and movable relative to the front opening of the deep storage slot between a retaining position and a releasing position. The retaining position engages a front storage cartridge to retain the storage cartridge(s) within the deep storage slot based on the bias of the storage cartridge(s) in the direction of the front opening of the deep storage slot, and the releasing position disengages the front storage cartridge to facilitate movement of the one storage cartridge(s) within the deep storage slot based on the bias of the storage cartridge(s) in the direction of the front opening of the deep storage slot.

    摘要翻译: 存储盒保持装置采用深存储槽,用于通过其前开口存储一个或多个存储盒,并且沿着其前开口的方向偏压存储的存储盒。 存储盒保持装置还采用位于深存储槽外部的保持门,并且可在保持位置和释放位置之间相对于深存储槽的前开口移动。 保持位置接合前存储盒,以便基于存储盒沿着深存储槽的前开口的方向的偏压将存储盒保持在深存储槽内,并且释放位置脱离 所述前存储盒基于所述存储盒在所述深存储槽的前开口的方向上的偏置来促进所述深存储槽内的所述一个存储盒的移动。

    Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus
    7.
    发明授权
    Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus 失效
    磁记录和再现设备

    公开(公告)号:US07280310B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-10-09

    申请号:US10816760

    申请日:2004-04-02

    IPC分类号: G11B15/675 G11B5/027

    摘要: A magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus includes a main chassis on which a rotatable head cylinder is mounted; a sub chassis movable relative to the main chassis; a cassette holder for holding the cassette and mounting the cassette on the sub chassis; a cassette holder elevating section for moving the cassette holder up and down with respect to the sub chassis; a holder engaging section provided on the main chassis; and a main chassis engaging section provided on the cassette holder. The sub chassis is movable relative to the main chassis from a cassette mountable position at which the cassette is mountable on the sub chassis to a tape pull-out position at which the magnetic tape has been pulled out from the cassette and wound around the rotatable head cylinder. The holder engaging section and the main chassis engaging section are engaged with each other at the tape pull-out position.

    摘要翻译: 一种磁记录和再现装置,包括:主底座,其上安装有可旋转头筒; 相对于主机架可移动的副机架; 用于保持盒子并将盒子安装在副底盘上的盒座; 磁带盒保持器升降部分,用于相对于副底盘上下移动磁带盒; 设置在所述主底盘上的保持器接合部; 以及设置在盒座上的主底盘啮合部分。 子底盘可从盒子可安装位置的盒安装位置相对于主机架移动,盒子可以安装在副机架上到磁带拉出位置,在磁带拉出位置,磁带已经从盒中拉出并卷绕在可旋转的头部 圆筒。 保持器接合部分和主底盘接合部分在带拉出位置处彼此接合。

    Optical disk reproducing apparatus
    8.
    发明授权
    Optical disk reproducing apparatus 有权
    光盘重放装置

    公开(公告)号:US07219355B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-05-15

    申请号:US10383429

    申请日:2003-03-07

    IPC分类号: G11B17/04 G11B15/675

    CPC分类号: G11B17/05 G11B17/051

    摘要: An optical disk player including: a disk insertion assembly which is positioned on an upper portion of the front face of the player main body and has a disk insertion/ejection opening into which an optical disk is inserted, a disk conveying device which holds the inserted optical disk and is moved in a forward-rearward direction of the player main body so as to convey the optical disk to a disk reproducing device, a moving device which moves the disk conveying device in a vertical direction of the player main body, a disk recognition device that determines whether or not an optical disk is being held in the disk conveying device, and a controller device that controls an operation timing of the disk insertion assembly and the disk conveying device by disk recognition signals supplied from the disk recognition device.

    摘要翻译: 一种光盘播放器,包括:盘插入组件,其位于播放器主体的前表面的上部,并具有插入光盘的盘插入/弹出开口;盘输送装置, 光盘,并且在播放器主体的前后方向上移动,以将光盘传送到盘再现装置,使盘传送装置沿着播放器主体的垂直方向移动的移动装置,盘 确定光盘是否被保持在盘传送装置中的识别装置,以及通过从盘识别装置提供的盘识别信号来控制盘插入组件和盘传送装置的操作定时的控制器装置。

    Locking device for tape cassette housing of tape recorder
    9.
    发明授权
    Locking device for tape cassette housing of tape recorder 失效
    磁带录像机磁带机壳锁定装置

    公开(公告)号:US07199968B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-03

    申请号:US10670345

    申请日:2003-09-26

    IPC分类号: G11B15/675 G11B5/008

    摘要: A locking device for a tape cassette housing of a tape recorder comprises a locking recess and a locking protrusion respectively provided in sides of a tape cassette housing and a deck chassis and corresponding to each other, thereby fastening a tape cassette housing to the deck chassis, the tape cassette housing resiliently coming into contact with the deck chassis as a tape cassette is loaded. In here, around external circumference of the locking protrusion is formed at least one edge, and an end of the edge comes into contact with a corner of the locking recess right before the locking protrusion is inserted into the locking recess. Accordingly, the locking protrusion comes into linear contact with the corner of the locking recess in loading/unloading operations of the tape cassette so that the stopping of the ascending and descending movements of the tape cassette housing is prevented during the loading/unloading operations of the tape cassette.

    摘要翻译: 用于磁带录音机的磁带盒外壳的锁定装置包括分别设置在磁带盒外壳和卡座底盘的两侧的锁定凹部和锁定突起,并且彼此相对应,从而将磁带盒外壳紧固到卡座底盘上, 磁带盒在加载磁带时弹性地与甲板底盘接触。 在这里,锁定突起的外周围形成至少一个边缘,并且在锁定突起插入锁定凹槽之前,边缘的一端与锁定凹部的角部接触。 因此,在盒式磁带的装载/卸载操作中,锁定突起与锁定凹部的角部线性接触,从而在卡带的装载/卸载操作期间防止了带盒壳体的上升和下降运动的停止 磁带盒

    Self-contained robotics module for storage library
    10.
    发明授权
    Self-contained robotics module for storage library 有权
    用于存储库的独立机器人模块

    公开(公告)号:US07184242B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-02-27

    申请号:US10727782

    申请日:2003-12-04

    IPC分类号: G11B15/675

    CPC分类号: G11B15/683

    摘要: A storage library includes cells supported within a frame for holding media elements. A robot assembly is operable for moving toward the cells and manipulating media elements held by the cells. The robot is containable within a module which is removably mountable to the frame to provide modular replacement and removal of the robot from the frame. The robot is contained within the module as the module is mounted to the frame and moves out from the module to move toward the cells and manipulate media elements held by the cells while the module is mounted to the frame. The module is removably dismounted out of the frame while the robot is contained within the module to provide the modular removal of the robot. The module is removably mounted into the frame while a new robot is contained within the module to provide the modular replacement of the robot.

    摘要翻译: 存储库包括在框架内支持的用于保持媒体元素的单元。 机器人组件可操作以朝向单元移动并操纵由单元保持的介质元件。 机器人可以在可移除地安装到框架上的模块内容纳,以提供机器人从框架的模块化更换和移除。 当模块安装到框架上时,机器人被包含在模块内,并且在模块安装到框架的同时从模块移出并移动到单元并且操纵由单元保持的介质元件。 当机器人被包含在模块内时,该模块可移除地从框架中拆卸出来以提供机器人的模块化移除。 模块可拆卸地安装在框架中,而新的机器人被包含在模块内以提供机器人的模块化更换。